Quote from ElCubano:
Tell me one PROVEN franchise you can buy for 25k and then maybe we can answer your question.......As you tell Don Bright every so often,,,back the smack up with proof......
Well, past performance is no guarantee of future results, but I did look at franchises back 10 years ago or so.
At that time, you could buy vending machine routes with proven money streams for 25K.
I don't know what the cost would be now. People still drink sodas, and buy candy and chips, don't they?
I am not saying these small business "franchises" like the vending machine business are get rich deals, but they do produce steady streams....especially if you can hire some flunky to do the actual work (given that the flunky won't nickle and dime your profits).
Naturally, most name brand franchises are going to cost a lot more, but you would be surprised how some low tech, low profit meaningless businesses are out there that produce a small but steady stream of income.
As far as Don Bright goes, can I prove that he is a marketing machine who has a bottom line of new recruits for Bright Trading so that he can participate in the revenue stream from their commissions, and that he employs sales and marketing techniques to do so, and that he takes advantage of the Forum because he is a paying sponsor?
Can anyone prove intention? Reaching an idea about another's real intentions is a conclusion, not a provable fact.
I did ask Baron one time if Don pays for the space he takes up in the Forum, as in essence his posts are just ads for Bright Trading, and I never got an answer....which was enough of an answer for me to reach my own conclusions.
